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Work, Play, Love with Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas - Podcast

Work, Play, Love with Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas

 Jesse Thomas

Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas are world class professional endurance athletes, authors, speakers, and co-own a nationally distributed food products business called Picky Bars. They also happen to be married, still, and are raising two small children. They use their experience, stories, writing, and humor to answer to answer listener questions about sports, family, business, and the balance between all three! It's a circus, but hey, we're all in it together!

Health & Fitness Sports & Recreation Fitness & Nutrition
Update frequency
every 9 days
Average duration
55 minutes
Episodes
89
Years Active
2018 - 2022
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28: What Training Metrics to Use (and when), Growing a Niche Sport, Asking Your Partner to Slow Down

28: What Training Metrics to Use (and when), Growing a Niche Sport, Asking Your Partner to Slow Down

It’s a new year and Lauren and Jesse are back in action. They catch you up on what’s been going on since the end of 2018, and talk about what they’re looking forward to in 2019. Lauren’s been writing…

00:58:07  |   Fri 11 Jan 2019
27: Running Technique, Hunger Management, Favorite Running Shoes, and more!

27: Running Technique, Hunger Management, Favorite Running Shoes, and more!

The holiday break is starting and 2018 is winding down. And that means a break in childcare for Zadie and Jude! So Lauren and Jesse have been busier than usual at home. However, there’s naptime and s…

00:48:21  |   Thu 20 Dec 2018
26: Conditions for Satisfaction, Supporting Your Partner Through Injury, Increasing Your Running Speed, Maintaining Self-Worth in a Group, a Day in the Life of Lauren and Jesse

26: Conditions for Satisfaction, Supporting Your Partner Through Injury, Increasing Your Running Speed, Maintaining Self-Worth in a Group, a Day in the Life of Lauren and Jesse

Some days you have a great race day. That was the case for both Lauren and Jesse over the past week. Lauren had a fun and successful race both as a runner and as a coach at the club cross country cha…

00:48:39  |   Fri 14 Dec 2018
25: Solo-parenting fun, What to do in the off-season, Pooping, Recovering from a bike crash, and the comparison game

25: Solo-parenting fun, What to do in the off-season, Pooping, Recovering from a bike crash, and the comparison game

Jesse’s been alone for a week solo parenting, and Zadie’s transition from infant to toddler is in full swing, but he’s kept the Flomas house in check and even found down time to sneak in some long ru…

00:45:11  |   Thu 06 Dec 2018
24: Adventure runs in Hawaii, Coaching & Celebrating Success, Finding Balance in the Information Age, Leaving a Coaching Relationship, Interviewing to be a Coach

24: Adventure runs in Hawaii, Coaching & Celebrating Success, Finding Balance in the Information Age, Leaving a Coaching Relationship, Interviewing to be a Coach

Sometimes going on a family vacation means finding…adventurous ways to strike the work-play-love balance. Whether you’re karate-chopping your way through jungle-like conditions on trail during a run …

00:37:27  |   Thu 29 Nov 2018
23: Seattle-y stuff, Going from Marathon to Triathlon, Climbing out of a Post-Race Runk, Managing Asthma on the Track, Maintaining Your Period While Training

23: Seattle-y stuff, Going from Marathon to Triathlon, Climbing out of a Post-Race Runk, Managing Asthma on the Track, Maintaining Your Period While Training

Lauren and Jesse are fresh back from a work-meeting slash family-vacay slash race-day trip to Seattle where Lauren smashed out a 6k XC run. Truly work, play, and love at its finest. Tune in to hear w…

00:45:29  |   Thu 15 Nov 2018
22: Family Planning, Triathlon Diversity, Who You are Now vs Then, Evaluating Biz Ideas

22: Family Planning, Triathlon Diversity, Who You are Now vs Then, Evaluating Biz Ideas

They’re back and better than ever (at least Jesse thinks so). After a two-week hiatus for Kona and photoshoots, Lauren and Jesse dive into a solid mix of listener-submitted questions. The episode kic…

00:47:01  |   Mon 05 Nov 2018
21: Sometimes kids suck… the energy out of you.

21: Sometimes kids suck… the energy out of you.

It’s a big week in the Flomas household with Zadie’s first birthday and Ironman Championships in Kona, and the anniversary of both of those slightly large life events occuring days apart from each ot…
00:43:32  |   Thu 11 Oct 2018
20: Eating Disorders, Fat-phobia, and Family Planning

20: Eating Disorders, Fat-phobia, and Family Planning

With birthdays, anniversaries, and Jude finally realizing the joy of riding a bike (after many false starts) there’s a lot to celebrate in the Flomas house, and that’s just the family side of the wor…
00:44:13  |   Thu 27 Sep 2018
19: Going to School & Getting Schooled (on Strava)

19: Going to School & Getting Schooled (on Strava)

Lauren and Jesse mic up for another discussion on sports, business, and relationships, with a mix of their own going-ons and listener submitted questions. With the first week of kindergarten under th…
00:45:51  |   Thu 20 Sep 2018
18: “Take your ‘treasure it!’ and shove it.”

18: “Take your ‘treasure it!’ and shove it.”

It all goes so fast and before you know it, the kids are grown, the training’s done, and you’re staring down the moment you thought you’d been waiting for, wishing you could have back the bumps and b…
00:46:31  |   Thu 13 Sep 2018
17: Resiliency, Running Safety, and Celebrity Shots

17: Resiliency, Running Safety, and Celebrity Shots

Ah, the classic end-of-summer tale where a search crew gets sent out to fetch a boy playing outside past dark with his friends… No, Jude’s not grounded, but Jesse’s surf-wave privileges might be revo…
00:40:05  |   Thu 06 Sep 2018
16: Super Advanced: Science! [w Special Guest: Jude, 5yo]

16: Super Advanced: Science! [w Special Guest: Jude, 5yo]

Enough about spreadsheets and triathlon and marriage and stuff - today’s podcast guest wants to get real on SCIENCE. This special edition episode covers technical topics like how the human body works…

00:08:06  |   Fri 31 Aug 2018
15: Man on Fire and the Social Implications of Sport

15: Man on Fire and the Social Implications of Sport

This episode is worth listening to if only to hear what Jesse thought the term “wet blanket” meant. After that enlightening moment he and Lauren dive into a new twist on the What’s Going On section, …
00:40:53  |   Thu 23 Aug 2018
14: ‘Stupid Human Tricks’ and the Bars Are Back in Town!

14: ‘Stupid Human Tricks’ and the Bars Are Back in Town!

Bars are back! Picky Bars has bars again, and all is right (or at least getting back to right) on the business side of the work, play, love triad. Like Rocky hiding out in the woods before his big fi…
00:44:27  |   Thu 16 Aug 2018
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13: "The Bigger the Ship, The Harder to Turn"

Lauren and Jesse roadtrip over the Cascades to visit Picky Bars new co-packer, their first manufacturing change since 2012 and the official turnaround to the recent out-of-stock battles. With the upd…
00:49:51  |   Thu 02 Aug 2018
12: Burnout, Gender Stereotypes, and Goals You Can’t Afford to Catch

12: Burnout, Gender Stereotypes, and Goals You Can’t Afford to Catch

Jesse’s feeling the burn of re-entry after Challenge Roth, having stacked his off-season plate a bit too full with all the non-triathlon things he said he’d give his full attention to after the race.…
00:46:07  |   Thu 26 Jul 2018
11: Out Of Stock: On Pushing Through Pain in Business + Sport

11: Out Of Stock: On Pushing Through Pain in Business + Sport

This week’s episode dives immediately into the almost-TMI honest, rough water deep end about Picky Bars’ current inventory struggles. Lauren and Jesse talk candidly about the background of Picky’s pr…
00:48:02  |   Thu 19 Jul 2018
10: Challenge Roth [Special Episode]

10: Challenge Roth [Special Episode]

And they’re back! (Stateside AND in the studio…) Lauren and Jesse battle jet lag from their trip to Germany with a special episode about the “Hallmark” of the “Cool Races in Cool Places” tour - Chall…
00:52:03  |   Tue 10 Jul 2018
09: Nerves, Body Image, “Happiness Differentials”, and Radiohead

09: Nerves, Body Image, “Happiness Differentials”, and Radiohead

This week the work, sport, family balance in the Flomas house was less of a flashy juggling act and more of a clumsy dropping things and throwing them at the wall. From birthday parties to high schoo…
00:54:48  |   Wed 06 Jun 2018
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